United NationsUnited NationsGuiding Principles Guiding Principles on Internal on Internal DisplacementDisplacementa rights-based approach to developmenta rights-based approach to development

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1. To promote the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (UNGPID) as enabling policy environment

2. To understand the rights-based approach as a vision of development towards the universal realization of human rights and freedom

3. To value the relationship between a rights-based approach to development and the Right to Development ObjectivesObjectives

of this sectionof this section

UNGPIDUNGPID synopsis synopsis

5sections

Guiding Principles

1. General Principles2. Principles to protection from

displacement3. Principles relating to during

displacement4. Principles relating to humanitarian

assistance5. Principles relating to return,

resettlement and reintegration

General Principles• IDPs have equal rights and equal

opportunities as all other persons

• IDPs have special needs

• IDPs are composed of vulnerable groups

• IDPs shall not be discriminated against as a result of their having been displaced.

Protection from displacement

• Prohibition against arbitrary displacement

• Identifying alternative to displacement

• Consultation with affected parties

• Minimizing displacement and its adverse effects

Protection during displacement

• Enhancing protection of physical security and freedom of movement

• Preserving family and community

• Protecting economic, social, and cultural rights

• Protecting basic freedom

Humanitarian assistance

• Responsibilities of authorities

• Role of the humanitarian assistance organization

• Protection role and security of humanitarian personnel

Return, resettlement & integration

• Right to return and resettlement

• Protection from discriminatory treatment

• Right to return of property or compensation

“…are persons or group of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights and natural or human-made disaster, and who have not crossed international borders.”

UN Guiding Principles Introduction, Paragraph 2

What does it mean to beWhat does it mean to be

IInternally nternally DDisplaced isplaced PPersonsersons

vulnerable

Why are IDPs particularly vulnerable?

The social organization of displaced communities may have

been destroyed or damaged by the act of physical is placement; family groups may be separated

or disrupted; women may be forced to assume non-traditional

roles or face particular vulnerabilities.

vulnerability factors…

Internally displaced persons may lack identity documents essential to receiving benefits or legal recognition; in some cases, fearing persecution, displaced persons have sometimes got rid of such documents.

vulnerability factors…

Internally displaced populations, and especially groups like children, the elderly, or pregnant women, may experience profound psychosocial distress related to displacement.

vulnerability factors…

The IDPs are the most vulnerable groups, they are in need of security, they are the rights holders - who have the rights as well to claim protection from the government

The IDPs - are Rights Holders

• Rights do not exist in a vacuum, they involve corresponding obligations in the rights holders themselves.

• The responsibilities of rights holders include respecting and defending the rights of others, seeking the well being of all and support justice and equity for all.

• Rights holders need appropriate capacities to claim and exercise their rights fully and responsibly.

• One of the most important capacities for people to claim and exercise human rights (even when these are recognized by law), is when they know of such rights.

The IDPs - are Rights Holders

UNGPIDUniversal Rights

• IDPs have the same rights and responsibilities as all other persons.

• IDPs have special needs.

• IDPs are composed of vulnerable groups.

• IDPs shall not be discriminated against as a result of their having been displaced.

The State - as “duty bearers”

• The duty-bearers are those with responsibilities in the realization of rights claimed.

• In the legal approach to human rights and human development, the State is often to be the sole duty bearer.

State Obligations - as “duty bearers”

The State should not directly violate the rights of its citizens (obligation

to respect), it should protect its citizens from violations committed

by others (obligation to protect), and it should facilitate and promote

the full exercise of rights by its citizens, becoming a direct provider

in exceptional circumstances (obligation to fulfill).

Human miseries and sufferings provide opportunities not only for recovery and reconstruction but also to look into what went wrong and improve the system to reduce the chances of their recurrence in future

AssessmentCoordination

Info ManagementResource Mobilization

Linkages

DISASTERIMPACT

Pre-Emergency Emergency Response

Post-EmergencyPrevention

Prior to displacement•Early warning•Preparedness

During displacement•Emergency assessment•Relief operation

Return, Resettlement& Integration•Rehabilitation•Reconstruction

Mitigation•Development

“We are entering a new era of human security where the entire concept of security will change and change dramatically. Security will be interpreted as security of the people, not just security of territory, security of individuals, not just security of their nations; security through development, not security through arms, security of all the people everywhere – in their home, in their job, in their streets, in their communities, in their environment.”

Dr. Mahbub Ul HaqUnited Nations Development Programme

10.4.24.

Rights-Based Approach to Development: Two Basic Facts about the IDPs

2. IDPs are people with 2. IDPs are people with strengths and capacities on strengths and capacities on which to build emergency which to build emergency programming responses.programming responses.

1. All IDPs are not the same and any single IDP group is not homogeneous.

Transitionsafety net + self-reliance =

Integrated relief and development

Synergy & Partnership between

namaskar!

We can change for the good and happiness of all….

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•Vladimir Hernandez - http://www.flickr.com/photos/amir_ershad

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